I agree bizarre thing to say today but he did post it in July 2019 whilst we were basking in the glory of the CL win.
Moaners will be moaners
It's still relevant. There have been many who since day one, have categorically stated with absolute certainty that they know what FSG's motivation is, what they will definitely do, how they most certainly won't put money in, have no ambition, will never expand capacity, don't get the club, aren't interested in winning trophies, are definitely about to sell up, and so on and so on...
There's a thread from 2015 that I was tempted to resurrect.
Selected from the OP:
...Lack of vision. That’s what it is. And it comes from the very top...
...The tipping point has been passed. First Liverpool ended up with the only penniless “billionaires” in America, now it seems we have the only Small Time Charlies from a land of Big Time Charlies. The new crowd accepts our place in the order of things, happily filming Ronaldo’s gloating goal celebrations and celebrating the avoidance of humiliation in Madrid like some sort of triumph in adversity. A tame and timid Anfield crowd, about as imbued with the Liverpool-Manchester rivalry as people who’ve rarely (if ever) set foot in either city can be, flat as a pancake for the traditionally the most partisan of all English football fixtures.
Quarter of a century without a league title, players leaving year on year for bigger and better things, how long before Rodgers becomes the first Liverpool manager to leave for bigger and better? Gone is the defiance. Gone is the arrogance. Gone is the vision of building Liverpool up and up until we conquer the bloody world.
Welcome to the sweetspot brothers and sisters in the #LFCfamily.
That was written in 2015 and you could say that FSG changed after 2015 and struck lucky when they signed Jurgen. But that ignores fact that FSG haven't changed since they took over the club. It's taken time to get everything in place but the strategy was their from the outset.
They said from the start that they would under promise and over deliver.
They said that they would develop the financial side to invest in the playing side.
They said they'd look at the new ground proposals and examine all options. They decided to stay and develpop which kept us at a stadium which is the envy of most other clubs.
They built the Main Stand first because that's the way to maximise income for the team.
They said they would review the Anfield Road development once the Main Stand was developed.
They've now reviewed again and will increase beyond the 60,000 seats originally planned.
They look at analytics and data to inform their transfer strategy and also the selection of the right manager. One of the reasons Brendan had to go and why Jurgen was the right fit was the importance of the 'transfer committee'.
And in direct contradiction of the piece above, they
have "built Liverpool up and up until we conquer the bloody world..."
It would have been nice to see some of the "FSG are just a Yank hedge fund and we'll never win anything" lads show some appreciation but I won't hold my breath. They'll be waiting for some mis-step by the club to be able to mount their high horses again and say: "see - that's who they
really are..."
